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Guava Cheesecake

3.56 from 29 votes

Ingredients
  

Base

  • 2.5 cups Oreo cookie crumbs
  • 1/2 - 3/4 cup melted Butter

Batter

  • 500 gms of cream Cheese Add
  • 1 cup Marscarpone Cheese
  • 300 ml Condensed Milk
  • 2 pkgs 14 gms Gelatin dissolved in hot water
  • 2 tbsps Sugar optional
  • 1/2 cup Pieces of Guava Cheese + extra for topping

Guava Jelly

  • 400 gms Guavas
  • Juice of 1/2 Lime
  • 3/4 cup of sugar
  • Tiny drop food coloring

Instructions
 

  • Mix the butter slowly with the Oreo crumbs till they are moist and spread it into the base of a lined 10 inch springform pan and pack it down and chill for 20 mins
  • Beat the cream cheese and add in the marscapone and condensed milk
  • Mix the gelatin with hot water and allow to cool
  • Add the sugar and beat and drizzle in the gelatin, mixing slowly
  • Fold in the Guava cheese pieces and pour this on top of the base
  • Give the pan a tap to release any air bubbles
  • Chill for a 6 hours to overnight
  • To make the jelly, pressure cook the guavas for 3 mins (longer time if not fully ripe)
  • Puree the fruit and press it through a sieve
  • Measure the paste and add it to a pot with the same quantity of sugar
  • Add the lime juice
  • Mix till the sugar dissolves and the mixture starts to thicken
  • Add a tiny drop of red or pink food colouring
  • Allow the jelly to cool and pour over the top of the cheesecake and spread
  • Add some more Guava cheese pieces
  • Set for another 30 mins